On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:48 AM, finnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to create a custom authentication backend that will > authenticate user based on the HTTP headers for the request. But in > django manual I don't see any way to obtain HttpRequest instance in > the authenticate() method. > For example, if I receive a request with http header USER_NAME equal > to "admin", I would like request.user to return admin User instance > for me. > Any ideas how I can implement this behaviour? >
You may want to take a look at [1]ticket 689 that implements integration of Django authentication with pre-existing authentication systems implemented at the Web server by using the REMOTE_USER variable handed by it. If you decide to follow this way, please share your experiences about it (regarding functionality, documentation suitability, etc.). Regards, -- Ramiro Morales 1. http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/689 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
